The signal on the deck of the "Warrior" was not discovered by the surrounding British warships for a long time, or it was discovered and did not understand! Also, who would have thought that this huge ironclad battleship of nearly 10,000 tons, which the British Empire was proud of, was known for its solidity, would be hit hard and about to sink in the first battle!

The surrounding British warships only noticed that the "Warrior" was bombarding the enemy flagship with artillery like crazy, firing shells at any cost, without considering the accuracy of the artillery, and knew that they saw the "Warrior" increasing its horsepower to pursue the enemy flagship, and crashing into the enemy ship with a posture of dooming together.

And at this time, it is already obvious. Because the entire "Warrior" was originally floating on the surface of the water, which was nearly seven or eight meters tall, was only four or five meters high at the moment, and the entire hull slowly began to tilt. The closest to the "Warrior" were the battlearmored ship "Wangfu", the flagship of the British 2nd Fleet, and the wooden battleship "Talbot", the flagship of the 3rd Fleet, and the "Talbot" was being bombarded with artillery by the enemy's ironclad flagship and another ironclad ship at the moment.

Although the displacement of the "Wangfu" reached more than 5,700 tons, because it was originally a wooden battleship that had been remodeled, the shipboard above the waterline was equipped with iron armor, in fact, the carrying capacity of the warship itself was not too large, and it was loaded with hundreds of tons of coal, as well as a lot of artillery shells and other combat materials, so the hull of the "Wangfu" was not large. This caused the "Wangfu" to have great difficulties in getting close to the "Warrior" ironclad that was one size larger than it.

At this time, seeing the "Wangfu" coming to the rescue, the British troops on the "Warrior", under the command of Hope, no longer pursued the enemy flagship that could not be pursued, and began to prepare for the sampan to board the "Wangfu". But at this time, the enemy flagship, which had already begun to flee, found out about the situation here, and actually adjusted its direction, and together with another ironclad ship, gave up the attack on the "Talbot" and sailed towards this side.

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Wei Jun was also a little surprised to see the scene of the "Warrior" slowly toppling to the side like a mountain peak in front of him, he didn't expect that the young Irishman named John Holland would not only help the Dengzhou Harbour Administration Bureau build a submarine, but also actually operate and drive the submarine to dive into the bottom of the behemoth "Warrior", and in one fell swoop blew up the bottom of this giant ironclad ship that was said to be impregnable.

Moreover, this is the general flagship of a British naval fleet, with almost a thousand people on board, and the commander who commanded the entire British fleet is also very likely to be on this ironclad ship. Therefore, when he saw the enemy's other ironclad ship "Wangfu" coming to rescue this group of British soldiers, Wei Jun immediately made a decision and ordered the "Dingyuan No. 1" and the two ironclad ships "Dingyuan No. 2" that followed closely behind to abandon the attack on the damaged wooden battleship "Talbot", and sailed directly towards the "Wangfu", which was about to rescue the "Warrior" ironclad ship.

At the same time, Wei Jun also asked people to observe the sea, and once they found the submarine piloted by John Holland, he picked them up.

At this time, the entire ironclad ship of the Warrior was only three or four meters high on the water, and only the gun emplacements and the top deck of the ship remained, crowded with British soldiers who fled from the cabin. Dozens of people were densely packed on the sampan erected between the decks between the "Warrior" and the "Wangfu", because the height of the "Warrior" was much lower than that of the "Wangfu", and the "Warrior" had been tilted by the seawater, constantly rolling over and sinking, and the hull was not stable, so that the sampan between the two ships also trembled and shook a little, and the soldiers who were crowded on it to escape to the "Wangfu" armored ship were even more worried, and from time to time some people were transferred into the sea water and were swept into the bottom of the "Warrior".

The Warrior ironclad had only escaped a third of its soldiers, and the "Dingyuan No. 1" had already arrived. The black barrels at the bow of the ship began to aim at the fleeing people, the British soldiers on the sampan screamed, and the crowded British soldiers on the deck of the Warrior let out desperate cries, and some people frantically held rifles and fired at the "Dingyuan No. 1", but to no avail.

Without waiting for Wei Jun's orders, the two guns in the bow of the ship were under the control of the gunner, and the first two cannons were used, and one of the shells hit the sampan between the two British ships.

The sampan was also smashed and fell into the water. The "Wangfu" hurriedly adjusted the angle of the hull slightly. At this time, the six Krupp 150mm rear-loading rifled guns on the side of the "Dingyuan No. 1" that had been adjusted began to lower their muzzles and let out several roars. Because of the close distance, the fired shells smashed straight into the side armor of the "Wangfu" in almost no arcs, and there were almost no losses.

And immediately after, the "Wangfu" also immediately shot back. The "Dingyuan No. 2" next to it had also arrived and fired artillery at the "Wangfu" from the oblique side. And two cruisers of the 2nd British Squadron and the flagship of the 3rd Squadron, HMS Talbot, also rushed to this side.

On the other hand, the two battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet, "Dingyin No. 1" and "Dingyin No. 2", also rushed towards this side.

These warships joined the battle group one after another, and the whole sea rumbled with cannons, and there was a scuffle.

At this time, the "Warrior", which had been flooded, sank even more, even the boiler room was submerged, and after losing the power of the steam engine, plus the mast sails on the deck had long been destroyed, it was completely impossible to sail, and nearly five or six hundred British soldiers crowded on the deck screaming and crying, watching the ironclad ship they were riding on getting closer and closer to sinking into the sea.

During this time, HMS Talbot and another British wooden cruiser attempted to rescue the British soldiers on the deck of the sinking HMS Warrior, but were sabotaged and stopped by the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Empire.

Finally, after confirming that the other warships could not be rescued, a few minutes before the sinking of the "Warrior", the British Navy soldiers who were left on the "Warrior" went crazy, snatching the wooden planks, masts, cabin doors and other logs on the deck and jumping into the sea to escape, but their efforts were in vain.

With the sinking of the behemoth "Warrior" ironclad ship, an undercurrent whirlpool was formed, and the floating objects in the sea water within a radius of tens of meters, whether British soldiers or wooden masts, were swept into the undercurrent of the seawater.

Except for about two or three hundred British soldiers on the poor "Warrior", who fled to the armored ship "Wangfu", almost all the rest died at sea.